Manga like Ryouta wa Otouto wo Koroshita

Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu

Also known as The Summer Hikaru Died.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Two boys lived in a village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. The two did everything together...until the day Hikaru was encompassed by a mysterious light. That was when everything changed—Hikaru most of all. Yoshiki still wishes from the bottom of his heart to always stay by his side...but is there even a Hikaru left to be with?

Tags: Monster Boy , Male Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Rural , Tragedy , Body Horror , Primarily Teen Cast , Boys' Love , Mythology , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Urban Fantasy , Curses , Unrequited Love , Gods , Seinen , Aromantic , Asexual , Mountaineering

pupa

Also known as Pupa.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Psychological

The "life-and-death sibling" story follows Utsutsu and Yume Hasegawa, a boy and his little sister who find themselves all alone. One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis—into a creature that eats humans. Utsutsu struggles to find a way to restore his sister.



Tags: Body Horror , Gore , Cannibalism , Tragedy , Ero Guro , Shounen , Shapeshifting , Incest , Survival , Nudity , Rural , Estranged Family

Hinata to Onii-chan

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery

A black mist covers the sky, a ruined city, monstrous creatures, and non-human beings. The ones who delve into all these mysteries are the strange siblings living in such a world—Hakumei and Hinata. And so, their pure yet twisted sibling love is explored.

Tags: Found Family , Monster Boy

Ichinose-ke no Taizai

Also known as The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Tsubasa Ichinose is a middle schooler who loses his memory in an accident. He is able to safely reunite with his family, but is soon faced with a new shocking reality... What is going on with this family?!

Note: Chapter count includes two one-shots included in vol. 6.

Tags: Tragedy , Amnesia , Family Life , Time Loop , Male Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Time Manipulation , Bullying , Conspiracy , Coming of Age , Shounen , Estranged Family , School , Found Family , Rehabilitation , Photography , Disability , Ensemble Cast

Aono-kun ni Sawaritai kara Shinitai

Also known as I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

“I would die if it would allow me to touch you. That is my love.”

Airhead Yuri-chan and her boyfriend Aono-kun had a perfectly normal relationship until one day Aono-kun suddenly “passed away” … They will never be bound together, and they cannot even touch. This is their difficult and almost too sincere love story.



Note: Nominated to the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Ghost , Psychosexual , Reincarnation , Afterlife , Seinen , Body Horror , Tragedy , Suicide , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Family Life , Love Triangle , School , Amnesia

Jinruishoku

Also known as Jinrui-Shoku: Blight of Man.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

“You just die one day and turn into a mummy!” Mysterious mummified corpses that people have nicknamed “Mummily-sans” keep being found one after another, causing a lot of fuss. One day, a boy named Seita notices that his friend is acting strangely…?! Don’t miss this thrilling suspense story about an invasion by the unknown!



Tags: Aliens , Pandemic , Conspiracy , Body Swapping , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Virtual World , Male Protagonist , Necromancy , Shapeshifting

Ani datta Mono

Also known as He Was My Brother.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Romance , Supernatural

My brother died. This is a story of my brother’s lover, me, and the “thing that was my brother.”

The sudden death of her older brother Kiichiro brings high schooler Kanoko all the way from Tokyo to Hiroshima to visit his grave alongside his past lover, Hijiri. Promising her brother she would protect Hijiri after Kiichiro's passing, Kanoko finds herself falling in love with Hijiri despite herself. She pledges to keep visiting Hijiri in his and Kiichiro's old home in Hiroshima until Hijiri falls for her too. However, her brother's memory still lingers everpresent, like a Romeo not yet ready to give up his Juliet...



Note: Includes 10 extra chapters.

Tags: Ghost , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Bisexual , Boys' Love , Age Gap

Chi no Wadachi

Also known as Blood on the Tracks.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological

Ordinary middle school student Seiichi Osabe receives love and care from his mother Seiko. Until one summer an incident changes the family dynamic forever. This is a story of a mother’s love that has gone too far….



Tags: Tragedy , Seinen , Family Life , Denpa , Coming of Age , Memory Manipulation , Suicide , Crime , Amnesia , Psychosexual , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Time Skip , Bullying , Philosophy , Anti-Hero , Police , School , Nudity , Cosmic Horror , Tomboy , Dissociative Identities , Acting

Tokimeki no Ikenie

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Romance

This is a story about Mari, a modest and inconspicuous girl who dreams of becoming a manga artist. Born into a complicated family, she lives a modest school life while hanging onto her dream. One day, after saving Shigeru Hanamizuki, the most popular boy in class, from a traffic accident, he confesses to her. However, Mari turns him down because of certain circumstances...



Tags: Gore , Cult , Female Protagonist , School , Shounen , Gods , Urban Fantasy

Mad Miniscape

Also known as Mad Miniscape.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

Asahi is an ordinary girl who shares a small apartment with the boy she grew up with, Minoru. Which wouldn't be all that strange, except....Minoru died four years ago. The "thing" that occupies Asahi's apartment is nothing like her childhood friend—it's inhuman and grotesque, and it keeps demanding Asahi's life at every opportunity. But Asahi doesn't mind. As long as Minor is there with her, absolutely nothing else matters…right?



Note: Includes two extra chapters.

Tags: Seinen , Ghost , Yandere , Primarily Teen Cast